The 2018 Montreal Alouettes season was the 52nd season for the team in the Canadian Football League (CFL) and their 64th overall. The Alouettes improved upon their disappointing 3–15 record from 2017, but still failed to qualify for the playoffs for the fourth straight season, finishing with a 5–13 record.
This was the first season under former NFL head coach Mike Sherman and the second season under general manager Kavis Reed.Alouettes name Mike Sherman new head coach The Alouettes hosted their training camp for the first time at Olympic Stadium with rookies reporting on May 16 and main camp beginning on May 20.Als to move training camp to 'Big O' for first time2018 Canadian Football League key dates
Offseason CFL draft The 2018 CFL draft took place on May 3, 2018.CFL draft date announced The Alouettes held the first overall draft pick by virtue of finishing in last place in 2017, but traded it to Hamilton in exchange for the second overall pick and several other picks and players.Ticats acquire first overall pick in major trade with Als The Alouettes held ten selections in total, after acquiring another fourth-round pick for Andrew Lue and another sixth-round pick for S. J. Green.Riders acquire Andrew Lue from AlsDouble Blue acquire SB SJ Green in trade with Als The Alouettes traded their second-round pick to Saskatchewan for Darian Durant.Alouettes acquire rights to Riders QB Darian Durant They also upgraded their fifth-round pick to a third-round pick in the Vernon Adams trade for Tevaughn Campbell.Riders acquire QB Vernon Adams in trade with Als
Round Pick Player Position School Hometown 1 2 Trey Rutherford OL UConn Markham, ON 3 19 Bo Banner DL Central Washington Bellingham, WA 3 23 Jean-Gabriel Poulin LB Western Saint-Nicolas, QC 4 27 K. C. Bakker OT Carleton London, ON 5 38 Ryder Stone RB Dartmouth Calgary, AB 6 46 Paul Kozachuk LB Toronto London, ON 6 51 Étienne Moisan WR Laval Saint-Eustache, QC 7 52 Khadim Mbaye LB Ottawa Montreal, QC 7 56 Richmond Nketiah WR Waterloo Brampton, ON 8 61 Lekan Idowu DB Waterloo Houston, TX
Preseason Schedule Week Date Kickoff Opponent Results TV Venue Attendance Summary Score Record A ByeB Thurs, May 31 7:30 p.m. EDT at Ottawa Redblacks L 7–27 0–1 TSN/RDS TD Place Stadium 20,539 RecapC Sat, June 9 12:00 p.m. EDT vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats L 15–30 0–2 TSN/RDS Molson Stadium 12,325 Recap 2018 Schedule2018 Pre-season schedule
Games played with white uniforms.
Regular season In recognition of the Alouettes' storied history, the team featured a different helmet logo, drawn in red and white only, for each of the first three months of the season. Helmets worn in June featured the team logo from 1949 to 1969, July featured the team logo from 1970 to 1973 and August featured the team logo from 1974 to 1986. Helmets worn from Week 14 to the end of the season had the team's then-current logo, from 1996 to 2018.
Standings
Schedule Week Game Date Kickoff Opponent Results TV Venue Attendance Summary Score Record 11 Sat, June 16 10:00 p.m. EDT @ BC Lions L 10–22 0–1 TSN/RDS/ESPN2 BC Place 20,182 Recap 22 Fri, June 22 7:00 p.m. EDT Winnipeg Blue Bombers L 10–56 0–2 TSN/RDS/ESPN2 Molson Stadium 19,498 Recap 33 Sat, June 30 9:00 p.m. EDT @ Saskatchewan Roughriders W 23–17 1–2 TSN/RDS Mosaic Stadium 33,308 Recap 44 Fri, July 6 7:30 p.m. EDT Ottawa Redblacks L 18–28 1–3 TSN/RDS Molson Stadium 16,718 Recap 5 Bye 65 Sat, July 21 9:00 p.m. EDT @ Calgary Stampeders L 8–25 1–4 TSN/RDS/ESPN2 McMahon Stadium 26,440 Recap 76 Thurs, July 26 7:30 p.m. EDT Edmonton Eskimos L 23–44 1–5 TSN/RDS Molson Stadium 16,654 Recap 87 Fri, Aug 3 7:30 p.m. EDT Hamilton Tiger-Cats L 11–50 1–6 TSN/RDS/ESPN2 Molson Stadium 18,576 Recap 98 Sat, Aug 11 8:00 p.m. EDT @ Ottawa Redblacks L 17–24 1–7 TSN/RDS TD Place Stadium 25,161 Recap 109 Sat, Aug 18 9:00 p.m. EDT @ Edmonton Eskimos L 24–40 1–8 TSN/RDS/ESPN2 Commonwealth Stadium 29,702 Recap 1110 Fri, Aug 24 7:30 p.m. EDT Toronto Argonauts W 25–22 2–8 TSN/RDS Molson Stadium 16,480 Recap 1211 Fri, Aug 31 7:30 p.m. EDT @ Ottawa Redblacks W 21–11 3–8 TSN/RDS TD Place Stadium 25,132 Recap 13 Bye 1412 Fri, Sept 14 7:30 p.m. EDT BC Lions L 14–32 3–9 TSN/RDS Molson Stadium 15,346 Recap 1513 Fri, Sept 21 8:30 p.m. EDT @ Winnipeg Blue Bombers L 14–31 3–10 TSN/RDS Investors Group Field 24,349 Recap 1614 Sun, Sept 30 1:00 p.m. EDT Saskatchewan Roughriders L 29–34 3–11 TSN/RDS/ESPN2 Molson Stadium 18,370 Recap 1715 Mon, Oct 8 1:00 p.m. EDT Calgary Stampeders L 6–12 3–12 TSN/RDS Molson Stadium 16,764 Recap 18 Bye 1916 Sat, Oct 20 4:00 p.m. EDT @ Toronto Argonauts L 22–26 3–13 TSN/RDS BMO Field Recap 2017 Sun, Oct 28 1:00 p.m. EDT Toronto Argonauts W 40–10 4–13 TSN/RDS/ESPN2 Molson Stadium 17,583 Recap 2118 Sat, Nov 3 7:00 p.m. EDT @ Hamilton Tiger-Cats W 30–28 5–13 TSN/RDS Tim Hortons Field 23,381 Recap
Games played with colour uniforms. Games played with white uniforms. Games played with alternate uniforms.
Roster 2018 Montreal Alouettes final roster Quarterbacks
Running backs
Receivers
Offensive linemen G/C C G G T C/G T T
Defensive linemen DE DT DE DE DT DT DE/DT DE Linebackers
Defensive backs
Special teams LS K/P Practice list WR LB DE T
Injured list DB SB DT DB T LB QB CB G RB DT CB QB DB
Suspended list DB Italics indicate International players
Coaching staff Montreal Alouettes Staff Front office Owner – Bob Wetenhall President/CEO – Patrick Boivin General manager – Kavis Reed Assistant general manager of player personnel – Joe Mack Director of national scouting – Miles Gorrell Director of college scouting – Russ Lande Director of research – Charles Raizenne National scout – Eric Deslauriers
Head coach Head coach – Mike Sherman Special Assistant to the Head Coach - Ben Sherman
Offensive coaches Offensive Coordinator & Quarterbacks – Khari Jones Offensive line and run game coordinator – Paul Dunn Outside Wide Receivers - André Barboza Receivers – Jason Tucker Running backs – André Bolduc Defensive coaches Defensive coordinator – Rich Stubler Linebackers coach – Todd Howard Defensive line coach – Bert Hill Defensive backs coach – Billy Parker
Special teams coaches Special teams coordinator – Mickey Donovan Special teams assistant – Anthony Ierullo
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